Delhi High Court Makes It Clear That Son Has No Legal Right On The Property Bought By Parents

If you boast about your dad owning a house as big as a mansion and how you are eventually going to inherit it, this will make you a bit uncomfortable. When Sachin, a Nangloi resident, moved to court challenging his parents' will to not let him stay in the house, the Delhi High Court came up with a reply that might stun you. If you have believed that the house owned by your parents is also legally yours, then sorry, the High Court says it isn’t.

This is what the court’s statement said- Where the house is the self-acquired house of the parents, the son — whether married or unmarried — has no legal right to live in that house and he can live in that house only at the mercy of his parents up to the time the parents allow”.

Sachin’s parents moved to the court after they alleged that Sachin along with his brother had forcefully occupied two of the floors of the house, refused to pay any bills and were abusive. The parents had also filed a police complaint against them and tried disowning them back in 2007 and 2012. The case presently rests in the favor of the parents.